asia-pacific markets showed mixed results following declines in two significant wall street benchmarks due to poor consumer confidence data, with japan's indices falling and South Korea's showing modest gains.

japan's benchmark index fell 1.09%

japan's broader index was down 0.99%

South Korea's index rose 0.11%

South Korea's small-cap index advanced 0.52%

Mainland China's index started the day 0.16% higher.